Are microplastics 原因（となる）ing inflammatory bowel 病気? People with the 条件 have 1.5 times more fragments in their faeces, 熟考する／考慮する 明らかにする／漏らすs

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Scientists are still learning the health 影響s of ingesting microplastics ? tiny pieces of plastic いっそう少なく than 0.2 of an インチ (5mm) in 直径.

Now, new 研究 from 中国 示唆するs these plastic fragments could be 原因（となる）ing inflammatory bowel 病気 (IBD) ? a group of disorders that 原因（となる） chronic 苦痛 and swelling in the intestines.?

The 専門家s 設立する that people with IBD have 1.5 times more microplastics in their faeces, 示唆するing the fragments could be 関係のある to the 病気 過程.?

It's thought that more?microplastics in the gut may 原因（となる） IBD or makes the 病気 worse, but it's 現在／一般に 不明瞭な 正確に／まさに how.?

Higher numbers of microplastics of さまざまな 形態／調整s, such as sheets (left) and fibres (権利) were 設立する in the faeces of people with IBD than in healthy people

Microplastics are already known to infiltrate our food, 瓶／封じ込めるd water and even the?空気／公表する.?によれば 最近の 見積（る）s, people 消費する tens of thousands of microplastic 粒子s each year, with as yet unknown health consequences.

'Human ingestion of microplastics is 必然的な 予定 to the ubiquity of microplastics in さまざまな foods and drinking water,' say the authors, from 南京 University in 中国.

'Whether the ingestion of microplastics 提起する／ポーズをとるs a 相当な 危険 to human health is far from understood.?

'Here, by analysing the 特徴 of microplastics in the faeces of 患者s with inflammatory bowel 病気 and healthy people, for the first time, we 設立する that the faecal microplastics 集中 in IBD 患者s was 意味ありげに higher than that in healthy people.'

The 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 IBD 現実に 述べるs two 条件s, によれば the NHS ? ulcerative colitis and Crohn's 病気.

Ulcerative colitis only 影響する／感情s the 結腸 (the large intestine), while Crohn's 病気 can 影響する／感情 any part of the digestive system, from the mouth to the anus.

Unfortunately, the prevalence of IBD, which can be 誘発する／引き起こすd or made worse by diet and 環境の factors, is rising globally.?

Microplastics can 原因（となる） 腸の inflammation, gut microbiome 騒動s and other problems in 非，不，無-human animals, so the 研究員s wondered if they could also 与える／捧げる to IBD.?

As a first step toward finding out, the 研究員s 手配中の，お尋ね者 to compare the levels of microplastics in faeces from healthy 支配するs and people with different severities of IBD.?

Inflammatory bowel 病気 (IBD)?現実に 述べるs two 条件s - ulcerative colitis and Crohn's 病気

For the 熟考する／考慮する, the team 得るd faecal 見本s from 50 healthy people and 52 people with IBD from different geographic 地域s of 中国.?

分析 of the 見本s showed that faeces from IBD 患者s 含む／封じ込めるd about 1.5 times more microplastic 粒子s per gram than those from the healthy 支配するs ? 41.8 items/g dm compared with 28 items/g dm.?

Items/g dm 言及するs to the number of 粒子s per gram of 乾燥した，日照りの stool.?

The microplastics had 類似の 形態／調整s (mostly sheets and fibres) in the two groups, but the IBD faeces had more small 粒子s, いっそう少なく than 50 micrometres.?

In total, 15 types of MPs were （悪事，秘密などを）発見するd in faeces, but the the 広範囲にわたって-used ポリエチレン terephthalate (PET) and polyamide were the most 支配的な.

PET is a （疑いを）晴らす, strong, and lightweight plastic that is 広範囲にわたって used for 一括ing foods and （水以外の）飲料s, 特に convenience-sized soft drinks, juices and water.?

Polyamides, 一方／合間, 含むs nylons, used in 着せる／賦与するing and finishing gear.???

'The plastic 一括ing of drinking water and food and dust （危険などに）さらす are important sources of human （危険などに）さらす to microplastics,' the authors say in their paper.

'The 肯定的な correlation between faecal microplastics and IBD status 示唆するs that microplastic （危険などに）さらす may be 関係のある to the 病気 過程 or that IBD 悪化させるs the retention of microplastics.?

Polyamides 含むs nylons, used in 着せる／賦与するing, finishing gear and more. Pictured is?nylon dipped cord used in 織物s??

'The 親族 機械装置s deserve その上の 熟考する／考慮するs.'? ? ? ??

The team's method also shows faecal 見本s are useful for 査定する／（税金などを）課すing how （危険などに）さらす to microplastics 異なるs from person to person.?

Higher levels of faecal microplastics could help 狭くする 負かす／撃墜する the sources of these tiny 粒子s, based on factors such as living 場所, lifestyle and 消費 habits.?

In 返答 to the 熟考する／考慮する, published today in the 定期刊行物 環境の Science & 科学（工学）技術, a spokesperson for Greenpeace slammed the UK 政府 for its inaction regarding 取り組むing microplastics.??

'Microplastic 汚染 is everywhere, from the highest mountain to the deepest ocean to our own 団体／死体s,' said Will McCallum, 長，率いる of oceans for Greenpeace UK.?

'We are all exposed to this 汚染, at 速く 増加するing levels, and there is a trickle of 熟考する／考慮するs 示唆するing that microplastics can 損失 human 独房s, cross the 血/brain 障壁, and now, correlate to inflammatory bowel 病気, a problem which is also 存在 （悪事，秘密などを）発見するd at 速く 増加するing levels.?

'Under these circumstances, the UK 政府’s continuing 不本意 to 調査／捜査する the health 危険s of microplastics seems recklessly complacent.?

'If microplastics are a 重要な health 危険, then we need to know that before we 許す the plastic 産業 to 二塁打 the size of the problem.'